TCM

So, Courtney is a Girl Scout for the first time.  She is technically a Daisy in the Girl Scout hierarchy.  And she is loving every minute of it!  And now we are into cookie sales....

Since she started Girl Scouts at the beginning of the school year I have been an adult helper for the troop.  I am there every week to assist the leaders and girls with whatever they need help with.  So of course I have gotten to know the leaders well (one is Courtney's kindergarten teacher from last year, and the other one is the school nurse).  Well, they thought that I would be a natural fit for the position of TCM.  What is TCM?  Technically it stands for Troop Cookie Manager, but I always say that it stands for The Cookie Mom....

Yes, somehow I agreed to be the one with CASES of cookies, not just for my Girl Scout, but for the whole troop.  I am currently very thankful for my large car which is constantly full of cookies. 

Being TCM has its pros and cons.  Pro:  I move many cases of cookies!  Work out with out even trying!  (One day I moved 65 cases of cookies 3 times. My abs were killing me).  And I always have cookies with me!  CON:  I always have cookies with me.  Just about every day Kasey gets in the car and says "Mom, I want some cookies!"  And every day I have to say to her "those do not belong to us!"  Pro:  I sure am popular at school!  Con: I feel like a drug dealer with a large green decal on the back of my car that says "It's Girl Scout Cookie Time!"

Seriously!  It's amazing how crazy people get for their Girl Scout cookies!  I am exchanging money for packages constantly.  People can't get enough.  I supply the other adults of Girl Scouts in our troops.  I supply my friends.  I am telling you, it is very similar to everything I have ever imagined being a drug dealer would be like.  Today included me parked on a side street (near the school), a mom walking up to the car, me rolling down my tinted window, she hands me a wad of cash, I give her 3 'packages'  (they do not refer to them as boxes of cookies, but packages of cookies, really, I can not make this stuff up...).  It makes all of us Girl Scout moms and dads laugh.  They get it, it seriously is like a drug business!  We all joke about it.

So, I have decided that I need to write to one of the TV channels who do all of the reality TV shows and suggest my reality show:  "Cookie Mom's of COS".  From some of the things I have been seeing on our cookie FB page for COS, they would get plenty of drama! 

It's been a very busy job, and I am trying to learn how to do it on the fly, but I must say, it sure has been fun!  I have very much enjoyed carrying cases of cookies around in my car.  I enjoy seeing how much people 'NEED THEIR COOKIES NOW'. 

And this year they switched their tactic here in CO to an instant gratification thing.  We have the cookies with us when we knock on your door!  How smart is this?  First of all, people can get it immediately.  Second, we sell cookies for a month.  So, you sell them a few boxes in the beginning.  Then your buyers need a "fix", so you can resell to them before the sale is over!!!  Someone was thinking....

Well, I have spent many hours on the computer tonight entering in cookies and deposits and such, so I better go and do the mommy things I need to do!  Let me know if you need a "fix"!!!